Enver Gjokaj
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Enver Gjokaj (/ɛnˈvɛər ˈdʒoʊkaɪ/ en-VAIR JOH-ky[1]) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in the science fiction television series Dollhouse and as Daniel Sousa in Agent Carter, a role he later reprised in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Early life

Gjokaj's father is Albanian, and his mother is American.[2] Gjokaj has an older brother named Bekim and an identical twin brother named Demir.[3] Both Gjokaj and his brother attended Amador High School, in Sutter Creek, California, where Gjokaj participated in multiple plays and variety shows. Gjokaj graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.[4] While at NYU, he was a semi-finalist for Tisch's Vilar Global Fellows Program. In 2002, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English from UC Berkeley.[5]

Career

Beginning in 2009, Gjokaj played the role of Victor on the TV series Dollhouse.[6] His character, whose real name is Anthony Ceccoli, is an "Active" (or "doll") inside the Dollhouse, taking on multiple personalities through the process of highly technological imprinting of memories. His identical twin brother Demir guest starred alongside Gjokaj in a dream sequence in a second-season episode of Dollhouse.[7]

Gjokaj has since appeared in the films The Express: The Ernie Davis Story alongside Dennis Quaid, Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon, and Eagle Eye opposite Shia LaBeouf. Prior to his series regular role on Dollhouse, he appeared in the made-for-TV film Filthy Gorgeous and also had a recurring role on the television series The Book of Daniel. He also guest starred in episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Community, and The Unit.[citation needed] Gjokaj has appeared in Emergence as Agent Ryan Brooks, in NCIS: Hawai'i as Navy Captain Joe Milius and in Resident Alien as Joseph in recurring capacities

Gjokaj has made multiple appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[8] In 2012, Gjokaj made an appearance in The Avengers as a New York City police officer.[9] He starred in the two seasons of Agent Carter (2015–2016) as Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) Agent Daniel Sousa.[10] He went on to reprise the role of Sousa in the final season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2020).[11]

In 2012, Gjokaj was awarded a patent for a focusing system for motion picture cameras.[12]

In 2023, Gjokaj joined the cast of Invasion as Clark Evans.[13][14]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2007 Spinning Into Butter Greg Sullivan
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Dave Sarette
2008 Eagle Eye Remote Pilot
2009 Tale of the Tribe Micah
2010 Stone Young Jack
2011 Eden Eddie
2012 The Avengers Officer Saunders Credited as "Young Cop"
2012 Would You Rather Lucas
2014 Lust for Love Jake
2016 Come and Find Me Alexander
2019 3022 Vincent Bernard

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Filthy Gorgeous Mirash Television film
The Book of Daniel David 3 episodes
The Path to 9/11 Unknown Miniseries
2007 The Unit Lloyd Episode: "Binary Explosion"
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Peter Gardela Episode: "Ten Count"
2009 Taking Chance Corporal Arenz Television film
2009–2010 Dollhouse Victor/Anthony Ceccoli Main role; 26 episodes
2010 Lie to Me Sgt. Jeff Turley Episode: "React to Contact"
Chase Carson Puckett Episode: "Havoc"
Undercovers Novak Hincir Episode: "Funny Money"
2011 Community Lukka Episode: "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy"
Person of Interest Lazlo Yogorov Episode: "Witness"
2012 Hawaii Five-0 Marku Episode: "Pa Make Loa"
NCIS: Los Angeles Marku Episode: "Touch of Death"
Dexter Viktor Baskov 2 episodes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Michael Provo Episode: "Beautiful Frame"
Vegas Tommy Stone 5 episodes
Witches of East End Mike 4 episodes
The Walking Dead Pete Dolgen Episode: "Dead Weight"
2014–2015 Rizzoli & Isles Jack Armstrong 4 episodes
2014 Extant Sean Glass 6 episodes
2015–2016 Agent Carter Daniel Sousa Main role; 18 episodes
2017–2018 Major Crimes Hunt Sanford 2 episodes
2018 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Milk Carton (voice) Episode: "Caught White-Handed"
2019–2021 The Rookie Donovan 5 episodes
2019-2020 Emergence Agent Ryan Brooks Recurring role; 6 episodes
2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Daniel Sousa Recurring role; 10 episodes
2021–2023 NCIS: Hawaiʻi Navy Captain Joe Milius: Deputy Chief-of-Staff to Commander, Pacific Fleet[15] Recurring role; 7 episodes
2022 Resident Alien Joseph[16] Recurring role; 4 episodes
2023 Invasion Clark Evans Main role, 10 episodes

Stage

Year Title Role Location
2000 Christmas in Naples Alberto Williamstown Theatre Festival Nikos Stage, Williamstown, MA
2001 A New Brain Mr. Bungee The Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, CA
2005 As You Like It Jaques de Boys The Public Theater, Delacorte Theatre, New York, NY
2007 The Cherry Orchard Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov Boston University Theatre - Mainstage, Boston, MA
2015 Arms and the Man Major Sergius Saranoff The Old Globe, Theatre Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, San Diego, CA
2016 Future Thinking Jim Barnard South Coast Repertory Segerstrom Stage, Costa Mesa, CA
2018 Fire in Dreamland Jaap The Public Theater Anspacher Theatre, New York, NY

References

  1. ^ "Dollhouse: Unique Cast Names". Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved June 14, 2022 – via IMDb.
  2. ^ Phillips, Jevon (February 12, 2009). "Countdown to Dollhouse: Enver Gjokaj, sci-fi lover". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ California Births, 1905 - 1995
  4. ^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Enver Gjokaj: Biography
  6. ^ Anderson, Hayley (May 20, 2022). "Enver Gjokaj family: Is NCIS Hawaii's Captain Milius actor a twin?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Dollhouse - Season 2 - "Stop-Loss/The Attic" - Enver Gjokaj, Demir Gjokaj
  8. ^ "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Star Talks 'Clarity' About The MCU And Agent Carter". June 19, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  9. ^ Sandwell, Ian (June 22, 2020). "Why that Agents of SHIELD and Avengers crossover theory doesn't make sense". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 29, 2014). "Enver Gjokaj Cast In ABC Series Marvel's Agent Carter". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  11. ^ Agard, Chancellor (April 15, 2020). "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings back Agent Carter character in season 7 first look". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  12. ^ USPTO Database, archived from the original on December 14, 2012
  13. ^ Lealos, Shawn S. (August 29, 2023). "Invasion Season 2 Cast & Character Guide: Where Else You've Seen The Cast Of The Apple TV+ Sci-Fi". ScreenRant.
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (June 30, 2023). "'Invasion' Gets Season 2 Premiere Date At Apple; First-Look Photos".
  15. ^ Otterson, Joe (July 8, 2021). "'NCIS: Hawai'i' Casts Alex Tarrant, Enver Gjokaj". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  16. ^ Caruso, Nick (March 16, 2022). "'Resident Alien Boss Answers Our Burning Finale Questions, Breaks Down Those Life-Changing Last Moments". TVLine. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

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